5 Replies Latest reply on May 28, 2013 2:46 PM by Patrick O'Hern

Custom Sheet Properties for Drawings

George Moraitis May 18, 2013 7:38 AM

I am facing a problem which I don't know if there is any simple solution.

I have built my custom property tab for parts/assemblies/drawings. As at parts/assemblies I put each information for custom properties or configuration specific, I haven't manage to direct the information of a tab to be recorded at drawings to title block table for a specific sheet.

For a short analyze, I need to prepare the custom property tab for drawings that way, that some information (like title etc) have to be stored to their position at every sheet of the drawing, but some others (like drawnby, drawing code, scale, date etc) have to be stored to their position at the sheet that it is active and be filled with these information.

Until now, I had to put a single time all the data at custom property tab and go afterwards at every sheet of drawing (often there are many sheets) modifying manually the necessary information at sheet format.

Regards,

Re: Custom Sheet Properties for Drawings

Patrick O'Hern May 18, 2013 7:58 AM (in response to George Moraitis)

Create a blank drawing with all of the sheets that you need. Create your properties and manually link them to each sheet. Once everything is set up correctly, save it as a template. For future drawings just start with the template and everything should work fine. Delete any unused sheets.
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  George Moraitis May 18, 2013 8:10 AM (in response to Patrick O'Hern)
  
  If I understood correctly, the problem with this way is that there are tons of combinations for every situation (designer, date, description, scale, checkedby, checked date, approvedby, approve date, drawing code and some other selections). Some of them, sometimes, have to be black or with total different values.
  
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    George Moraitis May 28, 2013 5:07 AM (in response to George Moraitis)
    
    Any ideas on that???
    
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      Patrick O'Hern May 28, 2013 2:46 PM (in response to George Moraitis)
      
      I think you would be better off just linking properties that are the same for every sheet, and manually adjusting the values that are different on each sheet.
      
      Do a search in the Help for "Title Block Management". You can create an area in your sheet template that when clicked allows you to easily edit the values in your title block.
      
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    Bjorn Hulman May 28, 2013 5:21 AM (in response to George Moraitis)
    
    Create more than one sheet template. Start with the one with the most information on it, then create the others and delete the fields you don't need. Some may need fields changes rather than deleting. Then go into options and make sure you get a prompt each time you add a new sheet so you can assign the right template.
    
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